Harry Kane obliterates Bundesliga goalscoring record after Lamine Yamal Ballon d'Or dig

By Ben Sully | 19 Sep 2026 00:14, Last updated: 19 Sep 2026 00:14

Bayern Munich prima Harry Kane smashed a Bundesliga goalscoring grounds successful what was the cleanable effect to Lamine Yamal's evident excavation astatine the Englishman's Ballon d'Or case.

Kane is among the frontrunners to assertion the 2026 Ballon d'Or aft enjoying a stellar 2026-27 run for nine and country. 

The 33-year-old scored 61 goals successful 51 competitory matches for Bayern, helping them triumph the Bundesliga rubric and the DFB-Pokal, earlier netting six goals successful England's roadworthy to a third-place decorativeness astatine the 2026 World Cup.

However, Yamal appeared to instrumentality a excavation astatine Kane successful an interrogation with Jorge Valdano for Movistar Plus, claiming that much factors should beryllium considered erstwhile it comes to voting for the Ballon d'Or winner, not conscionable the fig of goals scored. 

"I deliberation the Ballon d'Or should spell to the champion subordinate successful the world, afloat stop," Yamal said. 

"Not to a subordinate who has scored 80 goals, due to the fact that if you people 80 goals, you get the apical scorer grant for that. Those are 2 wholly antithetic things that radical bash not understand."

Kane breaks Bundesliga goalscoring record 

Yamal's comments could not enactment a damper connected Kane's time arsenic helium went connected to nett a brace successful Bayern Munich's 7-0 thrashing of Union Berlin connected Friday evening.

Kane netted a 39th-minute punishment to go the fastest subordinate to 100 Bundesliga goals, reaching the important milestone successful conscionable 98 matches.

That is 31 matches quicker than the erstwhile record, which was held by Koln fable Dieter Muller, who deed a period successful 129 Bundesliga outings.

Kane headed successful his 2nd successful the 54th infinitesimal to determination onto 101 goals and six goals successful 7 competitory matches this term.

The England skipper refused to respond to Yamal's comments erstwhile helium spoke to reporters aft the match. 

“I don't privation to speech a batch astir myself," Kane said arsenic per Fabrizio Romano. I speech connected the pitch. Everyone is different."

“Lamine Yamal had a large season, Michael Olise arsenic well. The Ballon d'Or is not successful my hands."

Kane, Yamal acceptable for Wembley face-off 

Kane volition present crook his absorption to planetary work for the archetypal clip since England wrapped up their World Cup run with a 6-4 triumph implicit France successful the third-place playoff.

The Three Lions are acceptable to vie successful a Nations League radical against the Czech Republic, Croatia and satellite champions Spain.

Barring immoderate wounded concerns, Kane and Yamal volition get the accidental to fastener horns erstwhile Thomas Tuchel's broadside look La Roja astatine Wembley adjacent Saturday.